Improvement in seeding-machines



UNITED STATES WORDEN P. PENN, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEEDING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 31,088, dated January 8, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WORDEN P. PENN, of Belleville., in the county of St. Clair and State ot' Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Seeding-IVIachines, and I do hereby declare that the following is a iull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part ot' this specication, in which- Figure 1 is a top View ot' my improved machine; Fig. 2, a transverse section through the same on the line A', Fig. 3, an inverted view ot' the hopper-box ot' the said machine. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section taken on the line B', and Fig. 5 a longitudinal section taken on the line C.

This invention, being an improvement in the seeding-machine, extends only to a part thereof, the remaining part of the machine being made in the usual manner. I shall therefore confine this description to so much ot' the machine as my invention extends to, and which I conceive to be novel. The rest ot' the machine being common will need no particular description.

The rst point lof novelty composing this improvement consists in the arrangement and combination ot' a rotating or other colter, B C, with the drag-bar A, for the purpose of cutting the course ot the lukes B, that the said tlukes may pass through firm or trashy ground with greater ease and with less liability to choke or clog.

The second point of novelty which constitutes a part of this invention consistsi combining with the feed-wheels E small pins c a, for the purpose of stirring the seed and clearing away the straws and dirt, so as to insure a continuons iiow of seed through the hopper. These pins may be fixed either in the angle ot' the arms ot' the feed-wheels, or they may be made shortand fixed in the ends ot the arms ofthe said wheels, performing the same function in either case.

The third pointof novelty which constitutes a part of this my in vention consists in arranging over thet'eed-wheels, and in combination therewith, a fender, F, a little over and slightly inclined to one side of the wheehfor the purpose ot' equalizing the pressure ot' the grain to the discharging-opening. This improvement applies particularly to wheat, which is liable to choke the passage.

Thefourth point of novelty which constitutes apart of my. invention consists in connecting the valve-bar P to the chain-bar B by means of an adjustable connecting-rod, fv. The object of this arrangement is to enable the operator to open and close the valves. by the same motion that raises and lowers the dukes without interfering with the proper motion of either. This object is ei'ected by means of the slip-v joint c in the said connecting-rod, whereby the said valves are regulated in the amount ot' their throw.

Having thus described the construction and operation of myinventiomwhat 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-- ent, is-

Thejoint arrangement of the cleaning-pins a a a, the feeding-wheel E, the fender F, and' revolving colter G, in the manner described.

WV. P. PENN.

Witnesses:

A. J. FARs, F. D. BELCOUR. 

